14. Sustaining Creativity
accelerate a holistic rethinking of how the creative
community responds to climate change and
environmental sustainability.
15. Survey Scope
• Audience = 70 million
• Turnover = over £1 billion.
• Combined arts, dance, literature, museums,
music, theatre and visual arts
• England, Scotland and Wales
• Diverse mix of organisation type and size.
16. Findings
High levels of engagement and commitment
55% financial 40% reputational benefits still not core business
62% environmental sustainability will become
increasingly important
Climate change risk governance lowest drivers in spite of risks
Leadership from middle
65 leading organisations of which 63% Arts Council
Appetite to take a lead - peer groupings, knowledge transfer
Half of organisations created work on this theme
Virtually everyone believes it is relevant to them
Still a persistentValue-Action gap
17. Literature
• 4% of survey respondents (13), the smallest proportion
• 54% of respondents have an environmental policy, the lowest
• least except in ‘engagement with suppliers’.
• perceives that it does more than most at 31%
• highest proportion thinking that environmental sustainability is not relevant:
17%, and
• However, 50% think it is very relevant.
• 67% think it has got more important to their organisation over the last two
years.
• 70% think it will increase in importance over the next two years, unlike most
other sectors.
• Overall drivers are similar to others but least engaged around mission or
vision and least concerned about the effects of climate change.
• seen the smallest financial benefit at 38%.
• only 23% have seen reputational benefits for their organisations.
• Nevertheless, at almost 70%, the highest number of people shared their
personal visions for sustainability.
18. the more the nature of the challenge is
understood the smaller achievements
appear to be